Over the last decade composer, trumpeter, bandleader, and educator Mark Kavuma has established a reputation as an influential figure, equally at home performing at the cutting edge of the vibrant London nu-jazz scene as he is teaching and mentoring emergent talent in the community and in educational establishments. He has released six albums as leader featuring his original compositions: Kavuma (2018, Ubuntu), voted among the best albums of the year by DownBeat magazine, The Banger Factory (2019, Ubuntu) and in 2021, he set up a record label Banger Factory Records and released Arashi No Ato (2021) Back-to-Back (2022, debut piano record), The Banger Factory - Warriors (2022) and Erskine & Kavuma - Ultrasound (2023).
His aspiration for the Banger Factory (a collective curated by Mark and consisting of some of the brightest lights from the current crop of UK jazz musicians) and Banger Factory Records is that they will provide a platform for emergent artists that empowers them to hone an...
